There comes a time when you tick off everything on your revision to-do list and call the project "done." It's a moment of stunned exhilaration--a rush of excitement at crossing a self-determined finish line paired with a kind of disbelief that you made it. Though none...
It's easy to forget important truths about yourself and your writing. Today, I'd like to remind you... 1) You're allowed to write about whatever you want. 2) Your writing work is worthy of your time, your attention, and a dedicated space in your home. 3) To inspire...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected changes bring us face to face with unexpected choices—to let go of certain assumptions and plans, to reframe cultural beliefs and “norms,”...
In a word: Everything. Reading might be the single most intimate act you will experience with a stranger. When you open a book, you let a complete stranger into your most private space: your mind. Once there, this wordsmith sets up camp and creates words that conjure...
Are you writing? It's hard to start, isn't it? We make such a fuss about starting, especially on those things most important to us. The things with stakes attached. And who doesn't attach pretty high stakes to chosen dreams? Such as writing. The expectations we have...
Earlier this month I had the good fortune to be a guest on a friend’s sailboat for ten days. Up until then I’d only ever spent a day or half day on a sailboat and hadn't needed to do much but sit back and enjoy the ride. For this trip, I was one of three hands on...
By the end of January most of us are either hitting a stride when it comes to moving toward goals or else we’ve abandoned them completely. The latter can leave some of us disillusioned and disoriented, and simply trying to keep our heads above water as the river of...
As creators, we pay a lot of lip service to inspiration, but what does it really mean to be inspired? And how do we go about getting into that state? Lately, I’ve been thinking about the nature of creativity and inspiration and the connection between the two....
Lately I've been dipping into Pema Chodron's book Comfortable with Uncertainty (Shambhala, 2002). I'm at an uncertain point in my life and needing reminders to breathe deeply, face my fears, and accept that everything is impermanent. I'm reminded that all of this is...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected changes bring us face to face with unexpected choices—to let go of certain assumptions and plans, to reframe cultural beliefs and “norms,”...
There comes a time when you tick off everything on your revision to-do list and call the project "done." It's a moment of...
It's easy to forget important truths about yourself and your writing. Today, I'd like to remind you... 1) You're allowed to...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected...
In a word: Everything. Reading might be the single most intimate act you will experience with a stranger. When you open a book,...
Are you writing? It's hard to start, isn't it? We make such a fuss about starting, especially on those things most important to...
Earlier this month I had the good fortune to be a guest on a friend’s sailboat for ten days. Up until then I’d only ever spent a...
By the end of January most of us are either hitting a stride when it comes to moving toward goals or else we’ve abandoned them...
As creators, we pay a lot of lip service to inspiration, but what does it really mean to be inspired? And how do we go about...
Lately I've been dipping into Pema Chodron's book Comfortable with Uncertainty (Shambhala, 2002). I'm at an uncertain point in...
In the midst of all the changes in the world, we are invited to make some new choices—collectively and individually. Unexpected...
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